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A. A. WOLGOTT. BICYCLE BELL.

No. 587,665. Patented Aug. 3,1897.

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A..A. WOLGOTT. BICYCLE-BELL. No. 587,665. Patented Aug. 3,1897.

UNITED STATES AMOS A. IVOLOO'IT, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EDIVARD SIMMONS,

OF KEYPORT, NEW JERSEY.

BICYCLE-BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,665, dated August3, 1897.

Application filed November 4, 1896. Serial No. 611,072. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, AMOS A. NOLCOTT, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bell Attachments forBicycles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved construction ofapparatus for the application of a bell to be actuated bya roller causedto be operated by contact with one of the wheels of the bicycle, ashereinafter described, reference being made to the accom panyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved bellattachment applied to a bicycle. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of theapparatus on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the apparatus withthe bell detached,bnt indicated by a dotted line and with the hindfork-bars of the bicycle in section, the scale being same as in Fig.2.ing-clamp slightly modified.

My invention is designed with especial reference to the application ofthe bell over the hind wheel a in the angle between the upper hind forkb and rear standard 0 of the-bicyole-frame, where it will be betterprotected and less unsightly than in any other locality where thebell-operating roller may be geared with a bicycle-wheel. To this end Iprovide a supporting-bar (Z for the bell e and the actuating-roller fand a clamp for connecting said bar to the fork b, said clamp consistingof the T-head g of one end of the supportingbar the 'aws h for en 'a 'inthe members of I D D D the fork b and being pivoted in the ends of thehead respectively, the clamping-yoke '27, clamp-screw j, and nut 7;,said clamp-screw being connected to the T-head in suitable relation forclamping the jaws onto the fork and holding the supporting-bar rigidlyin position. The jaws are pivoted at Z to the T- head to adapt the clampfor application to forks of difierent widths and to be shifted up anddown along a taper fork.. The yoke may be straight on its clamping-face,as in Fig. 3, or it may have hook ends, as in Fig. 4, the 50 hooks beingintended as a protection against the spreading of the fork under thestress of Fig. 4c is a detail of the attach-' the clamp, as may be thecase when the distance between the members of the fork is greater thanthe distance between the pivots Z. Near the other extremity of thesupportingbar the bell e is mounted on a post m, set upright on the bar.The bell-hammer n is carried on the end of a staff 0, fixed toreciprocate in a slideway 1), attached to the post. A lever g, pivotedat s in the supporting-bar d, has its upper end engaged with the stafffor retracting the hammer, and a spring a" thrusts the lever forward tostrike the bell. A spring 1., coiled on the staff behind its head a andthe end of the guideway, causes the recoil of the hammer from the bell.Under the bar cl the roller f is carried in the forked extremity of alever 4.7, suspended from the pivot 20, carried on the bar, said leverbeing supported in suitable relation to the hind wheel a of the bicycle,so that when its other end is pulled upward by a cord 03 the roller willbe thrust down in contact with the wheel, so as to be rotated by it, andthe roller carries one or more tappets 7 adapted to take effect on thelower end of lever q to retract the bellhammer. The cord is riggedthrough a hole I) in the head 9. v

A spring 2 is suitably arranged between bar (Z and lever o to thrust theroller out of contact with the wheel a when the pull on the cord .1;ceases. The cord is extended upward to and along the handle-bar a in anysuitable way to be manipulated by the rider when the bell is to besounded: It will beseen that the bell will ring continuously as long asthe contact of the roller with the wheel a is maintained.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a bicycle-bell attachment, thecombination with the hind upright fork of the bicycle-frame, of thebell-supporting bar, and the clamp for attaching said bar, said clampconsisting of the T-head of the bar, jaws pivoted in the ends of theT-head, and the clamping-yoke screw, and nut substantially as de-'scribed.

2. In a bicycle-bell attachment, the combination with the hind uprightfork of the bicycle-frame, of the bell-snpporting bar clamped to saidfork, the bell supported on the bar by the post, reciprocating hammercarried in a slideway 011 the post, bell-hammer-retracting lever pivotedon the supporting-bar and connected at the upper end with thehammerstaff with its lower end subject to the action and provided withthe actuating cord and 10 spring all substantially as described.

Signed at New York city, in the county and State of New York, this 29thday of October,

AMOS A. XVOLCOTT. Vitnesses:

W. J. MORGAN, A. P. THAYER.

